Part I. B.

Places of publication

If all other elements of the record match the piece:

1. Single place of publication

   • If the place in the record and in the piece is the same, even if it appears in a different form (e.g., Rome vs. Roma; Berlin vs. Berolini), the record is a match.

   • If the piece and the record each contain only a single place of publication and the places are not the same:
     • If the places are in the same country (e.g., London and Basingstoke, Hampshire), the record is a match.

     • If the places are in different countries (e.g., London and New York), the record is not a match.

2. Multiple places of publication

   If either the record or the item include multiple places of publication, as long as one of the places in the item is present in the record, the record may be a match. For example, if the piece lists London and New York but the UKM record 260 a subfield includes only London, there is a match. (Note that this guideline applies regardless of whether the item catalogued by the British library only includes London or that item lists both cities but the British cataloguer only included London in the record.)

3. Missing places of publication

   The lack of a place of publication in the piece or in the record does not prevent a match if all other elements match.

4. Place on label

   See section I.C.4., "Publisher on label."